Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’”

Matthew 5:38

You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

World English Bible

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

American Standard Version

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

Darby Translation

Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

Young's Literal Translation

'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

Bible in Basic English

You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

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Cross references

“An eye”

Exodus 21:22–27 Deuteronomy 19:19 Leviticus 24:19 Leviticus 24:20

Exodus 21:22–27 · BSB

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

Deuteronomy 19:19 · BSB

you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Leviticus 24:19 · BSB

If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

Leviticus 24:20 · BSB

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

Also

Deuteronomy 19:21 Matthew 5:27

Deuteronomy 19:21 · BSB

You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

Matthew 5:27 · BSB

You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.

39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

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